Saturday, July 16, 2011

Summer nuts



This summer heats people
like nuts in an oven—
cashew and almond,
peanut and pecan○.

The nut-fruits are roasting
on pans of concrete,
asphalt, and red brick
convecting the heat.

Then just like when nuts
are sufficiently jouled,
they're set to return
to a room air-cooled.





○ pronounced pee'·cun
placed in Poets United Poetry Pantry #58


8 comments:

  1. Kerry O'ConnorJuly 17, 2011 at 12:16 PM

    Sitting on the wintery side of the planet, a few summer nuts would go down quite well right now.
    Love the form and rhyme of this poem.

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  2. UnknownJuly 17, 2011 at 1:31 PM

    How accurately you've captured summer life in the hotter climes. And the simile is perfect on so many levels!

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  3. PhotoDictionJuly 17, 2011 at 2:10 PM

    An apt description - I am feeling "sufficiently jouled" in the summer heat wave that seems to have engulfed my part of the world. And what a wonderful phrase to describe what it is doing to me :)

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  4. SusannahJuly 17, 2011 at 2:17 PM

    "The nut-fruits are roasting
    on pans of concrete,
    asphalt and red brick
    convecting the heat."

    Nicely observed. I like it! :-)

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  5. Chronicles of IllusionsJuly 17, 2011 at 5:00 PM

    I'd love to be on your side where summer is able to roast nuts- freezing here

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  6. The PoetJuly 17, 2011 at 9:52 PM

    I feel like I'm roasting with the heat & humidity. Can't wait for my favorite season (autumn) to put summer to sleep. ;-)

    Lovely imagery!

    My entry is here:
    http://mypoetcharm.blogspot.com/2011/07/loves-great-precision.html

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  7. Linda Bob Grifins Korbetis HallJuly 19, 2011 at 10:31 AM

    smart thinking,
    Happy Summer.

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  8. Eileen T O'Neill .....July 20, 2011 at 1:56 PM

    Philip,

    I love the imagery of even just the notion of summer!!
    Simply a 'wash-out' here in the UK.

    Eileen

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